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Summary
Summary
This new volume is the first available resource on the fate, effects, and significance of pesticide transformation product. Highlights the growing awareness that pesticides are transformed to other chemicals that are often still biologically active. Its opening chapters provide excellent overviews of pesticide degradation mechanisms and products. Subsequent chapters are divided into two sections focusing on the fate of transformation products in the physical and biological environment and the significance of transformation products in crop protection and environmental contamination, including their effects on nontarget species and the legal implications of pesticide transformation products in the environment. Presents both the risks and benefits associated with these products.
Author Notes
L. Somasundaram is at Iowa State University. Joel R. Coats is at Iowa State University.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
This book, part of a continuing "American Chemical Society Symposium Series," is an outgrowth of a 1990 agrochemical symposium held by that organization. This volume focuses on the fate and environmental significance of pesticide degradation products. The first two chapters review various pesticide degradation mechanisms; the remaining 18 chapters are divided equally in their coverage between the fate of numerous pesticide biotransformation products and their environmental significance. A wealth of up-to-date references follow each chapter and a very comprehensive subject index is provided. Helpful charts, diagrams, figures, and tables are clearly presented. The writing quality is uniformly high in spite of the fact that the chapters have different authors. The chapter, "Computer-Assisted Molecular Prediction of Metabolism and Environmental Fate of Agrochemicals," is particularly interesting and timely. Since little has been published on the environmental effects of pesticide transformation products, this book should be well received by those working in or having an interest in this area. Graduate level. -H. T. McKone, Saint Joseph College
Table of Contents
| Pesticide Transformation Products in the Environment Pesticide |
| Degradation Mechanisms and Environmental Activation |
| Biotransformation of Organophosphorus |
| Insecticides in Mammals: Relationship to Acute Toxicity |
| Degradation Products of Commonly Used |
| Insecticides in Indian Rice Soils: Degradation and Significance |
| Degradation Products of Sulfur-Containing |
| Pesticides in Soil and Water Atrazine |
| Metabolite Behavior in Soil-Core |
| Microcosms: Formation, Disappearance, and Bound Residues |
| Factors Affecting the Degradation of 3,5,6-Trichloro-2-Pyridinol in Soil Bound (Nonextractable) |
| Pesticide Degradation Products in Soils: Bioavailability to Plants |
| Enzymatic Binding of Pesticide |
| Degradation Products to Soil Organic Matter and Their Possible Release |
| Mineralization of Pesticide Degradation |
| Products Computer-Assisted Molecular |
| Prediction of Metabolism and Environmental Fate of Agrochemicals |
| Interactions between Pesticides and Their Major Degradation |
| Products Pesticidal Activity of Degradation Products |
| Phytotoxicity of Pesticide Degradation Products |
| Effects of Pesticide Degradation Products on Soil Microflora Pesticide |
| Transformation Products in Surface Waters: Effects on Aquatic Biota |
| Toxicological Significance of Bound Residues in Livestock and Crops |
| Groundwater Contamination by Atrazine and Its Metabolites: Risk Assessment, Policy, and Legal |
| Implications Pesticide Degradation Products in the Atmosphere |
| Pesticide Transformation Products Research: A Future Perspective |
